@Cyberdobe: "Hello Forum,
I have created a series of artworks on an A4 size artboard in Illustrator CS.
I need to alter the artboard artwork size in Illustrator CS to A1 from A4 (I want the job printed to size A1).
I created an A1 Artboard and attempted to place the A4 artwork in it. However I was unable to select the A4 .ai file (it was not highlighted).
Can any body advise me please."
    @John_Danek: "Save a copy of the original ( A$ ) file. Open the copy and set the document size to A1 ( File > Document Setup ). Select all ( commmand - A ) and use the scale tool to adjust the size to your new A1 size. Check your layers ( if any ) and unlock them."
    @Cyberdobe: "Hello Mr. Danek,
Thanks for your assistance.
I've done what you said. It's now resized to 841 x 594 mm (A1). Problem now is that the original artboard outline is still visible.
How do I remove the original artboard outline?"
    @John_Danek: "You might not have A1 as an option in your File > Document Setup > Size dialog box. If so, choose "Custom" and input your A1 size manually. You should see a new artboard at A1 size."
    @Cyberdobe: "Does this mean that Artboard size must be designated from the outset of artwork creation?
Preconfigured Artboard size?"
    @Cyberdobe: "I have just done a re-run of the new A1 document size and this time it did resize the artboard to A1. However the ruler is no longer calibrated to 0 at the bottom left of the artboard?"
    @Cyberdobe: "Increasing the Artboard size from A4 to A1 is sorted now.
Don't know about the ruler though?
thanks."
    @KEV_CHAMBERLAIN: "You can re-set the ruler to have zero anywhere by dragging the crosshairs at the very top left corner of the ruler grids (under the red dot for closing the frame). Wherever you stop, that's where zero will be"
    @James_Talmage: "Cyberdobe,
To reset the ruler origin to the page origin, doubleClick the white square in the upper left corner of the document window, where the two rulers meet.
I don't know why illustrator doesn't do this automatically when you resize the Artboard. I imagine there may be times when one would not want it to realign, but in my experience that would be the exception, not the rule.
JET"
    @Cyberdobe: "Hello,
Thanks for being so patient with me. My learning curve is increasing exponentially now!
Thanks for that! Double click in the upper left corner box and it's done!
Can you answer this one? When sizing up from A4 to A1 or A4 to AO. Once the artboard is resized, you can use the Selection Tool and drag the box by all 4 corners or you can use the Scale Tool right?
Problem is I can't figure out how to apply the Scale Tool. A centre point appears but the 4 cornered box disappears?
Guidance on the Scale Tool for sizing up please."
    @Cyberdobe: "Sorry false alarm.
I've just done some experimentation with the scale tool and sussed it out!
The 4 cornered box disappears but a little white square means business.
Sorted!"
    @Cyberdobe: "Hello Mr Danek,
Can you provide any tips to ensure that when using the Scale Tool to resize your image to A1 or AO etc. the image is enlarged proportionally to the original.
How do you make sure that the enlargement is linear? I seem to be orgmenting or distorting the correct original proportions of the artwork image when using the scale tool."
    @John_Danek: "You may want to select "Scale Strokes and Effects" in the Scale dialog box to maintain proportions. Also, just scale either vertical or horizontal, but not both. Some of this may have to be done manually. If you use the "Non-Uniform" option, you will distort the original file."
    @Cyberdobe: "I have now selected "scale strokes and effects"
When Scale Tool is selected. Hold downing down the shift key whilst dragging allows proportionate vertical and horizontal scaling.
Problem solved."
    @James_Talmage: "      Can you provide any tips to ensure that when using the Scale Tool to resize
      your image to A1 or AO etc. the image is enlarged proportionally to the
      original.
      Also, just scale either vertical or horizontal, but not both. Some of
      this may have to be done manually.
??
Scale Strokes and Effects will do just what it says: it will cause the transformation to be applied to strokes and effects instead of just the path itself. It has nothing to do with proportional scaling of the object(s).
To scale proportionally by dragging the Scale tool, press shift and drag diagonally toward/away from the transformation origin marker.
Cyberdobe, you really do need to peruse the user documentation. All these things are very basic to using Illustrator. It will be a very long and time consuming process to ask/receive online instructions for every ordinary tool function.
For example: there is a top-level entry in the Online help Contents: Reshaping Objects. Under that is an entry: Scaling. Under that is To Scale Objects With The Scale Tool, which tells you this:
To scale objects with the Scale tool
Select one or more objects.
Select the Scale tool .
Do any of the following:
To scale relative to the object�s center point, drag anywhere in the document window until the object is the desired size.
To scale relative to a different reference point , click where you want the reference point to be in the document window, move the pointer away from the reference point, and then drag until the object is the desired size.
To maintain the object�s proportions as it scales, hold down Shift as you drag diagonally.
To scale the object along a single axis, hold down Shift as you drag vertically or horizontally.
For finer control over scaling, start dragging farther from the reference point.
JET"
    @Cyberdobe: "Is that James.
That was sorted some time ago.
I'm here to learn if it's beneath you don't bother with the guidance."
    @marritree: "I am having the same problem with AI CS2 ver12.01.
I don't use Illustrator a lot now but I do know how to drive it to a reasonable level. I seem to recall that creating an art board of any size was never a problem in version 7 or 8.
In Illustrator CS2 when I try to create a custom size page (A1 or A0) I get an error message; ! The value must be between 0.353 cm and 577.9558 cm.
Am I missing something or is this a bug or an oversight?
Any help would be most welcome"
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